Welcome to Calamine ...
Calamine is located in Lafayette County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Calamine, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.
Calamine is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Calamine lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Calamine: 608 & 353<3>
Communities Also Named Calamine ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Calamine - it's located in Arkansas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Calamine.
Communities near Calamine ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Calamine.
- Platteville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Platteville is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platteville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,650 people
- Dodgeville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dodgeville is located in Iowa County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dodgeville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,677 people
- Mineral Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Darlington
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Darlington is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Darlington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,317 people
- Cuba City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Cuba City is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuba City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,047 people
- Warren
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Warren is located in Jo Daviess County (IL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,300 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warren <4>
- Hazel Green
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Hazel Green is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hazel Green
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,219 people
- Shullsburg
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Shullsburg is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shullsburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,192 people
- Belmont
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Benton
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Benton is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 966 people
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Calamine. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Calamine.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Calamine. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Calamine.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Calamine. See our Newspapers Page for Calamine.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Calamine ...
Looking for more information about Calamine? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Calamine, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Calamine.
Adding Calamine to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Calamine in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Calamine was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Calamine post office opened in 1857. The Calamine post office closed in 1957.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Calamine.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Lafayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Calamine - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Calamine area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Calamine area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |